Any tips for the jihad acheivement before its too late

[Dominik obora]

I started a jihad run and so far its going good but i haven't gone out of arabia yet and im currently allied to hormuz and the ottoderp and i only have one question is which should i reform goverment because i hate the constant stab hits and rather take one big stab hit but i want to also know some tips from ppl who have done this achivo before

 

[Brynjar]

A screenshot of your current situation would make it a lot easier to give useful advise, as the region plays out differently each game. If you can, call in Ottomans against the Mamluks whenever truce is up, then only take land for your self. Just make sure you don't take land Ottomans considers of vital interest until you are confident you can fight them.

A no CB war against Ceylon or another Indian minor can also be useful, if opportunity allows it.

I didn't reform myself when doing it, mainly because I kept getting awesome rulers from the event preventing child rulers.

 

[Rex Croatorum]

I can see i will have a bloody good time playing this, its pretty hard since they added so many nations in Arabian peninsula and najd suffered some damage. You start with only 5k and you will probably end up getting alliance with hormuz and other minors.

 

[CountKino]

I did it by staying allied to Ottomans the whole game and conquering East Africa, then the Spice Islands, then the rest of Africa. I'd have liked to go into India, but I allowed Vijaynagar to get too big and they had their own alliance with the Ottomans. I think at the end I maybe went north into Russia, but I believe I already had the achievement by that point.

Edit: I used the Ottomans to take most of the Persia/Egypt regions early on

 

[Bouchart]

You might want to take the Exploration idea set. Not only will that open up some new fronts, but colonized provinces count towards the goal as long as they are Sunni and not part of a colonial nation. The Zanzibar trade node is surprisingly strong. You should work your way down East Africa and colonize the Cape region.

 

[LetaBot]

There used to be an event for Najd that would reform your government (so no need to take the sab hit), but that was before 1.23

Anyway, if you move your capital to the new world, then colonial nations won't form. There are a lot of 3 development provinces in the new world, so that is a good place to pick up a lot of provinces.

 

[Rex Croatorum]

If you form Arabia will the achievement count?